Fence



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W. E. BUNCH.

FENCE.

Patented-A`11g. 24, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM E. BUNCH, OF NEBO, ARKANSAS.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347 865, dated August24, 1886.

Application led February 25, 1885 Serial No. 157.051. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BUNCH, of Nebo, inthe county of Bentonand State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fences; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and eX- act description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of "this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in portable fences; and thefeatures of novelty consist in the details of construction and generalarrangement of parts, all as'will be hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the Claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmy improvements, and Fig. 2 a detail sectional view.

Similar letters ot reference indicate like parts in both figures.

In carrying out my invention the posts A are Iirst planted at regularand suitable distanees apart. The bottom rails, B, having their lowercorners eut, respectively, at an acute angle and at an obtuse angle, arethen removably secured to said posts near the ground by means of anoverlapping piece of wire, a, the upper and lower curved ends of whichare secured to the post by means of small staples,as shown in Fig. 2.The upper or top rails, O, having their ends cut at angles similar tothose ofthe bottom rails, B, are then adj usted upon the tops of theposts, and held in position thereon by means of the overlapping strapsor lengths of wire c, the ends ot' which are secured to the post A, oneon each side, by small staples, as shown in Fig. 2. The ends of tworails when joined together lap lupon the sides of the post A, so as toinsure a rm bearing, as also to facilitate the ready removal orreplacement of said rails, Between the posts A, and adapted to besecured to the top and bottom rails, B and O, are arranged a series ofrails, D, removable, if desired, located at suitable distances apart,land attached at their ends to upright strips or pieces E. The frames orsections thus formed are secured to the top rail by means ot' thelengths of wire d, having looped ends, as shown, by which they areattached at their upper ends with small staples to the top rails, C, andat their lower ends to the tops of the said strips or side pieces, E, asshown. Similar lengths of wire, e, are attached to the lower rail, B,and to t-he lower ends of the strips E, to hold the several partssecurely together.

By means of my improvements the posts and rails of which the fence is tobe composed may be packed in an ordinary farm-wagon,be transported toany desired iield or fields, and be readily placed together to form amost substantial and durable fence Without the necessity of using nailsor the employment of tools of any kind, save those for properly plantingthe supporting-posts A. Any number of sections offence may thus bereadily put up or taken down in the quickest and best possible manner. l

I am aware of the Patents No. 123,488, February 6, 1872, and No.277,357, May 8, 1883, Fences, and I do not therefore claim the same,broadly, nor the arrangement of the various parts thereof; but

What I claim is- In a portable fence, the posts A A, in combination withthe rails B C, having reversed terminal angles to form joints withsimilarlyformed contiguous ends of adjacent rails,which are connected tothem by bent wires a a c c, the frame consisting of the strips E andrails D, and wires d d e e, which serve to suspend and maintain saidframe between the outer rails and posts, for the purpose and in themanner set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I atx my signature inpresence of two witnessess.

W. E. BUNCH.

Witnesses:

W. A. HARsToN, T. D. BATES.

